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Jeffrey McWhorter, the former head of South Carolina-owned Palmetto Railways, will serve five years of probation for his part in a felony fraud scheme involving a key Port of Charleston customer.
With a $204 million federal grant, Columbia will be able to move forward with a major project meant to relieve congestion caused by passing trains, officials announced Friday.
After failing to reach a final-hour agreement, some 45,000 members of the International Longshoreman Association walked off the job Tuesday, shutting down 36 seaports from Maine to Texas, including in Charleston.
